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President Trump quickly congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs for representing the "Great State of Kansas ... so very well" on Sunday night for beating the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl LIV.

But before he could delete his tweet and repost, many critics noted that the Chiefs play in Missouri, including current and former Democratic politicians in the state and conservative lawyer George Conway, husband of counselor to President Trump, Kellyanne Conway.

Super Bowl: Trump criticized for congratulatory tweet to wrong state

Democratic lawmakers and George Conway were quick to note they play in  Missouri.

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<p>President Trump quickly congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs for representing the &quot;Great State of Kansas ... so very well&quot; on Sunday night for beating the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl LIV.</p><ul><li>But before he could delete his tweet and repost, many critics noted that the Chiefs play in Missouri, including <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="current" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/LaurenArthurMO/status/1224171336865656834" data-vars-content-id="fb73bd59-b2f5-4b81-94aa-eb75fb2653f0" data-vars-headline="Super Bowl: Trump criticized for congratulatory tweet to wrong state" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/LaurenArthurMO/status/1224171336865656834" target="_blank">current</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="former Democratic politicians" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/1224171718274625536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1224171718274625536&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftrump-super-bowl-wrong-state-kansas_n_5e37923ac5b69a19a4b1b511" data-vars-content-id="fb73bd59-b2f5-4b81-94aa-eb75fb2653f0" data-vars-headline="Super Bowl: Trump criticized for congratulatory tweet to wrong state" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/clairecmc/status/1224171718274625536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1224171718274625536&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Ftrump-super-bowl-wrong-state-kansas_n_5e37923ac5b69a19a4b1b511" target="_blank">former Democratic politicians</a> in the state and conservative lawyer <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="George Conway" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1224173452627759104" data-vars-content-id="fb73bd59-b2f5-4b81-94aa-eb75fb2653f0" data-vars-headline="Super Bowl: Trump criticized for congratulatory tweet to wrong state" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1224173452627759104" target="_blank">George Conway</a>, husband of counselor to President Trump, Kellyanne Conway.</li></ul><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1224173220883918848"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Memorable Super Bowl 2020 ads" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/super-bowl-2020-memorable-commercials-8acdd6e4-5db5-4c65-8574-7dfe069e16ff.html" data-vars-content-id="fb73bd59-b2f5-4b81-94aa-eb75fb2653f0" data-vars-headline="Super Bowl: Trump criticized for congratulatory tweet to wrong state" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/super-bowl-2020-memorable-commercials-8acdd6e4-5db5-4c65-8574-7dfe069e16ff.html" target="_self">Memorable Super Bowl 2020 ads</a></p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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